Adventures in shooting, still laughing at myself

[Wrench70]

C'mon you gotta share, brother! Misery loves company.

[BPTactical]

This one time, at band camp...........

[BigBear]

This one time, at band camp...........

Hey, that's my line...

[BPTactical]

Hey, that's my line...

Poor guy is stuck with a Piccolo……

[Byte Stryke]

Poor guy is stuck with a Piccolo……

How the hell did I get involved in this?


and its more of a gemshorn, thank you

[Monky]

That's cute.. you called a jeep liberty a 4x4

[islandermyk]

Tried going out shooting in February up at Pawnee

I was in my G20/Cargo van, and my buddy in his Jeep Liberty...

Got stuck twice in the snow... had to dig our way out between 60 to 100 yards in total.. maybe more... oh yea, in a foot/knee deep snow. We almost spent 3 to 4 hours just digging

Good thing we started early... we still had some time to shoot


I could only wish we filmed it... the funniest part was thinking if we got stranded out there for some time...

[Wrench70]

Tried going out shooting in February up at Pawnee

I was in my G20/Cargo van, and my buddy in his Jeep Liberty...

Got stuck twice in the snow... had to dig our way out between 60 to 100 yards in total.. maybe more... oh yea, in a foot/knee deep snow. We almost spent 3 to 4 hours just digging

Good thing we started early... we still had some time to shoot


I could only wish we filmed it... the funniest part was thinking if we got stranded out there for some time...

Sounds like a bear hunting trip I did with the old man when I was in my early teens:

Dad's buddy #1 had a 1st gen Toyota 4x4 pickup that was probably still on the stock tires and still under warranty, might even have had the temp sticker in the window. Buddy #2 and his son (same age as me) were driving an Early model Bronco (EB) that was on some fairly aggressive and bigger tires, and it was decked out with wheelin' stuff, recovery kit, Hi-lift jack...basicly a well prepped and dedicated hunting rig.

I pile into the EB right away, that little Toy was cramped for the three of us, and I was more than happy to have the backseat and someone new to chat with, not to mention it got me away from the old man... Buddy #2 was leading the way as we started climbing the road outside of Bailey, it wasn't long before it was getting deep with snowpack. First stop was to lock the hubs in and shift into 4Hi-range. Go a couple hundred feet, stop, back up, go another 25-50feet. Get stuck. Pull out recovery strap, hook up to the little Toy. Pull back. This goes on and on, adding tire chains to the front, then the rear and finally hitting 4Lo-range.

And then the big stuck...EB chained all fours and in 4Lo, little Toy with stock all-season radials, 4Lo.

Everyone is buried. Not a soul anywhere. EB is deep enough that driver and passenger door wont open against the snow. I pile out the back tailgate window and walk a few hundred yards to dad and buddy #1. Both are chain smoking, neither getting out. Not high centered, but damn close. Good thing the traction limited tires stopped them.

Hours of digging with 2 shovels, lots of cussing and more chain smoking. Never did see a bear